Saddam's Terrorist Ties

There two types of reporters in the MSM these days: lazy and agenda-driven!

The headlines are all the same, just worded differently:

Pentagon says no link between Iraq and Al Qaeda
Pentagon Report Finds No Direct Saddam-al-Qaida Connection
Hussein's Iraq and al Qaeda not linked, Pentagon says
Pentagon Report Fails to Link Saddam, Al-Qaida

The media stepped all over themselves when a recent Pentagon report found no smoking gun linking the Saddam regime and Al Qaeda. The "I told you so's" have been spread far and wide throughout the blogosphere, the MSM, and radio talk shows. But, it seems none of these people actually read the report even though they link to it.

The common theme among each of these stories and most others is that there was no link between Saddam and Al Qaeda. I've talked about this until I was blue in the face. I think I've done a very good job at reminding the naysayers that troll through here about Iraq's ties to terrorism. The same report that the left and MSM (same thing, sorry) are quoting in an attempt to further discredit Bush and the reaons for in Iraq says the following:

Despite their incompatible long-term goals, many terrorist movements and Saddam found a common enemy in the United States. At times these organizations worked together, trading access for capability.

Let's read some other parts of just the executive summary of the report that the media and left in this country doesn't want you to know about:

• The Iraqi regime was involved in regional and international terrorist operations prior to OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. The predominant targets of Iraqi state terror operations were Iraqi citizens, both inside and outside of Iraq.

• On occasion, the Iraqi intelligence servIces directly targeted the regime's perceived enemies, including non-Iraqis. Non-Iraqi casualties often resulted from Iraqi sponsorship of non-governmental terrorist groups.

• Saddam's regime often cooperated directly, albeit cautiously, with terrorist groups when they believed such groups could help advance Iraq's long-term goals. The regime carefully recorded its connections to Palestinian terror organizations in numerous government memos. One such example documents Iraqi financial support to families of suicide bombers in Gaza and the West Bank.

• State sponsorship of terrorism became such a routine tool of state power that Iraq developed elaborate bureaucratic processes to monitor progress and accountability in the recruiting, training, and resourcing of terrorists. Examples include the regime's development, construction, certification, and training for car bombs and suicide vests in 1999 and 2000.

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